As reported by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense on October 18, 2023, the Brazilian Army purchased 30 M577 A2 armored command vehicles from the United States Army. The delivery of these vehicles occurred on October 6th through the Foreign Military Sales program. The Command of the 5th Military Region was responsible for the unloading and transportation of the vehicles, which were subsequently transported to the 5th Regional Maintenance Park in Curitiba. There, they will undergo a modernization process to align them with the standards of the Brazilian Armed Forces.
Prior to this acquisition, the M577 A2 vehicles were already in service within various armored units, including the 5th Armored Cavalry Brigade and the 6th Armored Infantry Brigade. As of 2022, Brazil possessed a total of 64 M577A2 vehicles in its armored fleet.
The M577 A2 is an American-origin armored command vehicle that has been in service since the early 1960s. It is part of the M113 series of tracked Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs). With a weight of approximately 11.6 tons and dimensions measuring 4.86 meters in length, 2.68 m in width, and 2.7 m in height, the M577 A2 offers notable off-road capabilities, able to handle gradients of up to 60%, side slopes of 40%, and vertical obstacles of up to 0.61 m. Additionally, it can navigate trenches of up to 1.68 m and is fully amphibious, using its tracks for propulsion when traversing water.